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Talk about a fixer-upper. While Donald Trump was making noise elsewhere, his administration also was quietly ripping the floorboards and poking holes in the walls of the EPA. Regan, 44, who has headed North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality since 2017, is Joe Biden’s choice as the new EPA administrator. Part of his challenge will be to repair much of what was undone over the past four years. According to a New York Times report, compiled from research by the Harvard and Columbia law schools, among others, the Trump administration rolled back nearly 100 environmental pro...

“We are proud to join the EPA team of dedicated career professionals,”  said Dan Utech, EPA’s incoming Chief of Staff.  “EPA will be at the heart of President Biden’s commitment to protect public health and the environment while building a clean energy future that creates good paying jobs.  We will be guided by science as we work together to achieve these goals on behalf of all Americans.” EPA’s leadership team comes with a broad range of expertise and knowledge, including decades of experience in federal, state, and local governments; academia; and non-profit and advocacy or...

Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Restoring Environmental Rules Rolled Back by Trump Could Take Years Source: By Coral Davenport, New York Times • Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2021 President Biden has promised to reinstate more than 100 rules and regulations aimed at environmental protection that his predecessor rolled back. It won’t happen overnight. President Biden signed his first executive orders in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years...

Joshua Roberts/Getty Images News TAGGED FOR EPA: Michael Regan has been named by the Biden Administration to head EPA. His confirmation hearings are to begin soon. A large group of ag organizations are supporting his nomination. Incoming EPA staff not requiring Senate confirmation loaded with litigation experience in advancing environmental justice agenda. A diverse group of 23 agricultural groups wrote Senate Environment and Public Works leaders in support of Michael Regan who’s been nominated to serve as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. C...

The latest appointees have already gotten to work at their respective agencies and in just a few days have begun carrying out Biden’s agenda.  Melissa Hoffer, who was named as the Biden EPA’s principal deputy general counsel, has asked lawyers at the Department of Justice to pause cases where Trump administration rollbacks are being challenged by environmental groups.  And a recent Interior Department order that temporarily halted new drilling permits on federal lands, a step toward the Biden campaign  promise of ending new public lands leasing, is stirring up mixed reactions.  �...